Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Camden Council website, police seized 5,591 counterfeit items from premises Camden High Street in London, including fake luxury clothing and watches, with an estimated value of £4.5million.

Sunglasses were also seized which may not provide adequate UV protection for consumers.

According to the Edinburgh Live website, a social care worker faked details on their CV after being ‘handed them in a shopping centre’.

Chinenye Uzochukwu applied for two roles and both applications included a false reference for a person who did not work in the care field.

According to Mail Online, more than a third of Brits openly admit to using self-service checkouts to steal from shops.

Criminology experts say self-service machines have created a ‘new breed of shoplifter’ who are stealing at times they otherwise wouldn’t.

According to the Kent Online website, a grieving widow who stole from her solicitor employers says she acted out of “desperation” after being hounded by bailiffs.

Paula Gray had said a professional witness had been used by the solicitors and was expecting payment.

The BBC News website reports that retail crime is “out of control” and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft.

In some cases, offenders are openly clearing complete shelves of items in full view of customers and shop workers – a tactic sometimes known as “kamikaze” shoplifting.

The BBC News website reports that a woman who stole an “eye-watering” amount of cosmetics from Tesco stores across the UK has been jailed for 18 months.

Cristina Curt was part of an organised shoplifting gang which stole £48,000 worth of stock in 2024.